Game #4535
Aston Villa
Tuesday, 20 October 1998
Won
2nd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟩
UEFA Cup
RC Celta de Vigo
Balaídos
Attendance: 25,000
RC Celta de Vigo
0-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Not recorded
MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
Aston Villa
GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 |
CB Gareth Southgate | 🏴 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CF Julian Joachim | 🏴 | ⚽ |
MANAGER
Víctor Fernández | 🇪🇸 |
RC Celta de Vigo
GK Richard Dutruel | 🇫🇷 |
RB Míchel Salgado | 🇪🇸 |
CB Goran Đjorović | 🇷🇸 |
CB Fernando Cáceres | 🇦🇷 |
LB José María López Echevarria | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
M Mazinho | 🇧🇷 |
M Claude Makélélé | 🇫🇷 |
M Valeriy Karpin | 🇷🇺 | 🔁 |
M Haim Revivo | 🇮🇱 | 🔁 |
M Aleksandr Mostovoy | 🇷🇺 |
CF Lyuboslav Penev | 🇧🇬 |
SUBSTITUTES
No Substitutions Made
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB José María López Echevarria | 🇪🇸 | (M Tomás Hervás | 🇪🇸 |)
🔁 | M Valeriy Karpin | 🇷🇺 | 🔁 | (CF Jorge Cadete | 🇵🇹 |)
🔁 | M Haim Revivo | 🇮🇱 | (CF Juan Sánchez | 🇪🇸 |)
🟩 20 October 1998, Villa 1-0 Celta, Balaídos.
ON THIS DAY
Tuesday, 20 October 1998
Villa secure an outstanding away win in Spain in the second round of the UEFA Cup to make it 9 wins in 12 unbeaten games under John Gregory.
Villa face RC Celta de Vigo for the first time in competitive football, Vigo become the 141st team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 26th continental European opponents and their fifth from Spain following meetings with Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona, Deportivo La Coruña and Atlético Madrid in previous campaigns.
Julian Joachim scores the crucial away goal to make it 69 Appearances, 37 Starts, W30 D12 L27, 15 Goals, 4 Assists and 1 Booking at a Goal per Game rate of one for every 4.60 games played so far in his Villa career.
Lee Hendrie secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 45th appearance (31 Starts) to make it W25 D6 L12, 4 Goal, 4 Assists, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
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